Understanding youth disaster recovery: The vital role of people, places, and activities

Cox, Robin S.; Scannell, Leila; Heykoop, Cheryl; Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer; Peek, Lori

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.03.011

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“…Traditionally, the acknowledgement of youth in a disaster context has focused on heightened risk due to maturational development and social dependency on family. In recent years, there has been more awareness about the potential benefits of youth engagement in disaster risk reduction in Canada but expansive action has been more limited (Cox et al 2017). In 2018, a new initiative began with the creation of a national network around youth engagement in disaster risk reduction.…”

Section: Evolving Societies-where To From Here?mentioning

confidence: 99%

From SARS to pandemic influenza: the framing of high-risk populations

2019

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The 2003 global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was a wake-up call for health systems in Canada, with realization of occupational health risks faced by health care workers and first responders in public health emergency response. The need for investment in critical social infrastructure-including explicitly articulated plansbecame a priority for managing future pandemics. Over the past 15 years, pandemic planning has evolved with the adoption of a whole-of-society approach to disaster risk reduction. There is recognition of the social gradient of risk, which emerges from the interaction between social determinants of health, risk of exposure, and adverse impacts from a pandemic. Additionally, there is better understanding of the benefits of planning according to functional needs, rather than deficit-oriented labelling. In this paper, we reflect on how the framing of vulnerable or high-risk populations has evolved since SARS. Looking to the future, we present the imperative for the creation of institutional space for engagement of high-risk populations in pandemic planning processes, including participatory governance. Innovative consultation strategies are needed to enhance collective asset literacy and ensure planning is adaptive to the changing social fabric. Progressive pandemic planning in the next decade must be inclusive and sensitive to modern definitions of family, varied abilities, cultural practices and gender and sexual diversity, thereby reflecting a whole-ofsociety approach to disaster risk reduction.

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Section: Evolving Societies-where To From Here?mentioning

confidence: 99%

From SARS to pandemic influenza: the framing of high-risk populations

2019

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“…It should also be noted that although most youth were negatively affected by the loss of important places of attachment, place loss was not salient for all youth. As described in other studies (Cox, Scannell, Heykoop, Tobin‐Gurley, & Peek, ), loss of place is only one of several disaster effects, and some participating youth viewed other effects as more relevant, such as changes to family economics or the effects of the flood on university entrance exams. For other youth, this was because they experienced the flood at greater distances, and thus many of their important places remained largely unchanged.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…After a disaster, young people often possess a desire and capacity to contribute to the recovery of their families and communities (e.g., Bartlett, ; Cox, Scannell, Heykoop, Tobin‐Gurley, & Peek, ), and yet they are frequently excluded from such efforts on the basis of adults’ beliefs about their vulnerability, the potential for retraumatization, or safety issues (Fletcher et al., ). The present study confirms both youth's desire to contribute and the potential benefits of such involvement to their own well‐being and that of their community.…”

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Place-based loss and resilience among disaster-affected youth

Scannell¹,

Cox²,

Fletcher

2017

J. Community Psychol.

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As research on young people's disaster experiences is accumulating, one important yet understudied factor underlying their vulnerability and resilience is their connection to certain places. Youth affected by the 2013 floods in Southern Alberta, Canada, provided photographs of places important to their flood experiences and engaged in peerto-peer interviews to discuss place loss and place-based strength. Damaged or changed places disrupted youth's reliance on place for activities, resources, social ties, sense of continuity, and a connection to the past. Places provided strength when they offered escape from the postdisaster chaos, enabled youth to contribute to recovery, supported physical and psychological need satisfaction, and symbolized strength, renewal, or hope. These findings demonstrate the relevance of place to youth's disaster experiences and inform future qualitative and quantitative work in this area.

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“…In Canada, recent studies address the need for creating activities that help children to express their emotions and experiences of wildfire disasters, as well as providing opportunities for them to voice their own needs for recovery from this type of disaster, in specific places where they feel comfortable and through supportive networks (Cox et al 2017; ResiliencebyDesign Research Innovation Lab 2018) .…”

Section: Children and Disasters: The State Of The Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drawing on fire: children’s knowledge and needs after a wildfire disaster in Portugal

Ribeiro

Silva²

2019

Children's Geographies

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There is growing international concern about the impact of natural hazards and disasters on children and young people. However, very little research has explored children's views of their wildfire experiences. Using creative methods with two groups of primary school children from an inland area, this qualitative study examines Portuguese children's experiences of a wildfire disaster that affected their community in 2017. An inductive qualitative approach was used to explore the children's interpretations of this particular event. The children reported high levels of exposure to the wildfire, either directly (in confronting the actual fire) or indirectly (by observing its impact on nature and their community). The implications of these findings are considered in relation to children's roles in wildfire risk reduction and response.

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Understanding youth disaster recovery: The vital role of people, places, and activities

Cited by 54 publications

References 52 publications

From SARS to pandemic influenza: the framing of high-risk populations

From SARS to pandemic influenza: the framing of high-risk populations

Place-based loss and resilience among disaster-affected youth

Drawing on fire: children’s knowledge and needs after a wildfire disaster in Portugal

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